From 052a53982a9b52ecd5401870b15aadcb3aa95b21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 11:19:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [3.13] gh-141127: Clarify os.symlink() documentation for argument order (GH-141144) (#141277) gh-141127: Clarify os.symlink() documentation for argument order (GH-141144) (cherry picked from commit 7ae440f262c99ba9a3327237f83c9290dc963028) Co-authored-by: Chilla Kalyan <127284726+chillakalyan@users.noreply.github.com> --- Doc/library/os.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 946db4220b6b..e25b4445296c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -3432,6 +3432,9 @@ features: Create a symbolic link pointing to *src* named *dst*. + The *src* parameter refers to the target of the link (the file or directory being linked to), + and *dst* is the name of the link being created. + On Windows, a symlink represents either a file or a directory, and does not morph to the target dynamically. If the target is present, the type of the symlink will be created to match. Otherwise, the symlink will be created -- 2.47.3